Poll: Murray with slight lead over Rossi

Sen. Patty Murray leads her Republican opponent Dino Rossi 50 percent to 47 percent, according to a new SurvayUSA/KING5 poll.

The sampling of 606 likely voters was taken Oct. 11-14. The margin of error was 4.1 percent.

SurveyUSA addresses the chaos in recent polling in this high-profile race:

“… there is unique and in some ways unprecedented disagreement among pollsters as to where this contest stands, and anyone trying to digest these SurveyUSA results needs to know that within the past 72 hours, Elway has the Democrat up 15 points and Fox News has the Republican up 1 point. While it is possible to see 16 points of pollster disagreement on ballot measures and in low-turnout primaries, it is unusual to see so much variation in a high-profile, statewide general election.”